it owes a lot to horror, it owes a lot to tod browning�*s freaks from the 19305. it�*s a real sort of cinematic treat. and the other thing is it has the darkest ending of any film in recent memory, and i love the fact that it doesn�*t bottle out. i love the fact that it�*s — the story has got an arc to it and it goes from here to the — and the place that it�*s going to is inevitable and it does not look away from it. it�*s real cinema, it�*s transportive. i thought it was great. i know you�*re not a horrorfan, so i�*m going to say to you it�*s a film noir, it�*s a neo noir, it�*s not a horrorfilm, 0k? i am intrigued, most definitely. i think you�*ll like it. i — i sort of enjoyed the shape of water, which won the oscar, didn�*t it? yeah, absolutely. but in a slightly odd way, perhaps without understanding it, but i — but i enjoyed it. it�*s, you know... visually, it was extraordinary, and i�*m getting a sense that this is, too. shape of water is a creature from the black lagoon meets splash. this is nightmare alley, as re—envisioned as a horrorfilm, but it�*s not a horror film. 0k! 0k. i get it, i get it! ajournalforjordan. ajournalforjordan — again, this couldn�*t